PM Modi releases commemorative coin of Rs 100 in honour of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative 100 rupee coin in the honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia. One of the founder members of BJP, Vijaya Raje Scindia is also popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior.
The coin is being released to celebrate the birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia.
Vijaya Raje Scindia was elected to Lok Sabha 7 times. Also, she had been elected to Rajya Sabha 2 times.
She initially contested the elections with a Congress ticket in Madhya Pradesh in 1957. Later she quit Congress in 1967.